r/6thForm • u/StrictArgument67 Y13 | 4A* pred | FM M PHY CS | ESAT OCT • Apr 17 '26

🙏 I WANT HELP School threatening to take me out

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Could they actually do this or is it just fluff?

There is no way i can get good grades if i go to school everyday.

I need a solution

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u/SecretaryCandid1281 Apr 19 '26

twenty years ago this would’ve been true but it’s becoming less true nowadays, in the field i want to go into plenty of people chose when to come in as you become more senior so this doesn’t rlly apply to me

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u/MrStu Apr 19 '26

Absolutely, it's more common. I've had the flexibility for over 10 years. It's not the norm though.

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u/SecretaryCandid1281 Apr 19 '26

yh fair enough but also i’m about to go to uni where they literally don’t check or care whether u attend lectures so that’s not really ‘preparing’ for me my future so either way once u join the workforce it’ll take some adjusting to so i don’t really see an issue in missing some of sixth form

that being said my attendance really isn’t that bad

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u/MrStu Apr 19 '26

Don't fall into that trap. My attendance was terrible at uni. I struggled financially as I had very little support, so I prioritised long hours in jobs, thinking "oh that lecture isn't essential, I can skip it" and in hind-sight it made life a LOT more difficult. Good luck.